Old Norse Dictionary Entry

SYND

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

2 definitions

1 SYND

f., older form syn-ð, syn-þ, shewing that the d is inflexive, svnþ, svnþir (sins), Mar. pref. xxxii, xxxiii, Eluc., Greg., passim; [A. S. syn and synn, whence the Norse word may have been borrowed when Christianity came in, for it does not occur in poets of the heathen age; Engl. sin; Germ. sünde; Dan. synd]:—a sin (it prop. means ‘negation, denial,’ no doubt referring to denial by oath of compurgators, ordeal, or the like). Mar., Stj., Bs., H. E., passim in old and mod. writers in an eccl. sense only, for the very word implies a Christian, not a heathen, notion (the heathens said glæpr or the like); synda-freistni, bót, auki, band, bruni, byrðr, dauði, daunn, díki, flekkr, fýsi, gjald, görð, iðran, játning, kyn, lausn, lifnaðr (líf), líkn, saurgan, saurr, sár, sótt, verk, = the temptation, atonement …, sickness, work of sin, H. E. i. 462, 522, Greg. 9, 18, 19, 22, 45, 46, 73, K. Á. 76, Stj. 51, 119, 123, 142, 145, 162, 220, Rb. 82, 400, Hom. 5, 11, 41, 48, 59, 73, Vm. 84, Magn. 542, and passim; synda far, Stj. 123; synda þræll, Hom. 94.

2 SYND

COMPDS: syndafullr, syndalauss, syndaliga, syndaligr, syndamaðr, syndaþræll.

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Runic Inscription

SYND

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "SYND" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
adv: adverb.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
eccl: ecclesiastical.
eccl.: ecclesiastical.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
f.: feminine.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
neg: negative, negatively.
p.: page.
pref.: preface.
prop: properly.
prop.: properly.
S.: South, Southern.

Works & Authors

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Eluc.: Elucidarium. (F. II.)
Greg.: Gregory. (F. II.)
H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
K. Á.: Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
Magn.: Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
Mar.: Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)
Vm.: Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)

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